International and Costa Rican police Wednesday found and arrested William Suárez, a Nicaraguan accused of committing murder more than 20 years ago in Miami, Florida.
Suárez, 49, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday in La Guácima de Alajuela, northwest of San José, near his home in the Barrio Las Brisas neighborhood, according to a statement from the international policy agency Interpol.
According to U.S. police reports, Suárez moved his entire family to the United States from Nicaragua in 1984 except his daughter Elsi Suárez, who was one year old at the time and had health problems. She stayed behind with an aunt, who later brought her to live with the rest of the family in the United States.
William Suárez became jealous over the close relationship his daughter had with her aunt and uncle, whom she considered her parents. Suárez became violent, beating the girl on several occasions and eventually killing her in a bathtub in 1986.
He then wrapped her body in a sheet and hid it under the bed she slept in. Police found it there after his sister called them and they raided his apartment.
Suárez entered Costa Rica for the first time in 1989; he has lived here since then and was running an ambulatory business selling eggs. He stands before a San José court and faces extradition to the United States. |
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